Helping Child Welfare Workers Support Families With Substance Use, Mental, and Co-Occurring Disorders
A Training Package Toolkit for Child Welfare Workers
A Training Package Toolkit for Child Welfare Workers
SAMHSA's NCSACW is proud to announce the launch of the Helping Child Welfare Workers Support Families With Substance Use, Mental, and Co-Occurring Disorders Training Package toolkit. Developed for child welfare professionals, it is intended to provide learning opportunities and baseline knowledge on substance abuse and mental health problems and interventions; motivate and facilitate cross-systems work; and incorporate cultural awareness and facilitate cultural competency in child welfare practice. The toolkit covers six modules and provides a range of training materials that were developed to be adapted to meet the needs of child welfare trainers for in-person workshops or training sessions.
Substance-Exposed Infants: State Responses to the Problem
Substance-Exposed Infants (SEI): State Responses to the Problemassesses state policy from the broadest perspective: prevention, intervention, identification, and treatment of prenatal substance exposure, including immediate and ongoing services for the infant, the mother, and the family. In the study, NCSACW reviews states' policies regarding: pre-pregnancy prevention efforts; screening and assessment in the prenatal period; testing at birth and notification of child protective services (CPS) in cases in which infants are identified as substance-affected; the provision of services to SEI and their parents after a CPS referral is made or other agencies become involved; and the processing of SEI-related referrals to developmental disabilities agencies.
Substance-Exposed Newborns: Collaborative Approaches to a Complex Issue National Summit
June 23-24, 2010 | Old Town Alexandria, VA
June 23-24, 2010 | Old Town Alexandria, VA
This national summit will convene approximately 250 professionals from the fields of child welfare, maternal-child health, obstetrics, pediatrics, nursing, social work, courts, and drug treatment. There will be interdisciplinary dialogue, information sharing, and exploration of policies and collaborative approaches. The goal is to prevent, identify, and address the needs of substance-exposed newborns.
This event is hosted by the National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center and co-sponsored by NCSACW and the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau.
